NTSB's Most Wanted list includes speed limiters, collision avoidance technology

Article from Truckers News
Truckers News Staff (TN)

""Fully half of the suggestions on the National Transportation Safety Board's Most Wanted List for 2021-2022 are focused on vehicles and drivers on the nation's highways.
The NTSB Tuesday, April 6, approved the list that included:

• Preventing alcohol and other drug-Impaired driving
• Requiring collision avoidance and connected vehicle technologies on all vehicles
• Eliminating distracted driving
• Implementing a comprehensive strategy to eliminate speeding-related crashes, including creating standards for and installation of speed limiters on all trucks
• Protecting vulnerable road users through a safe system approach

In its recommendations on curbing speeding, the NTSB wrote, "Legislation, technology, and education are the keys to addressing this societal problem." "

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Among their recommendations they also said that "...regulators should develop performance standards for advanced speed-limiting technology, such as variable speed limiters and intelligent speed adaptation devices, for heavy vehicles, including trucks, buses, and motorcoaches. Then require that all newly manufactured heavy vehicles be equipped with such devices. And Vehicle Manufacturers/Dealers should install and make standard in all vehicles forward-collision avoidance systems that, at a minimum, include a collision-warning component. They should not just be options sold as part of expensive add-on packages."

"The rest of the NTSB's Most Wanted list included safety items for aviation, railroads, pipelines, and watercraft."